Civil committment
Subtitle: a therapeutic jurisprudence model
By: Bruce J. Winick.
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press; Brand: Carolina Academic Pr
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Toward a therapeutic jurisprudence model for civil commitment; title: Striking the balance between coercion and autonomy : therapeutic jurisprudence insights on coercion and its consequences and application in the civil commitment process; title: Civil commitment criteria : an overview; title: General considerations; title: The limits of parens patriae commitment : how incompetency should be defined and applied; title: The outer limits of police power commitment : the civil commitment of sex offenders; title: Application of civil commitment criteria : the civil commitment hearing; title: Voluntary hospitalization; title: Rights within the institution and the standards governing their exercise or waiver; title: Outpatient commitment; title: International human rights law limitations on civil commitment; title: Conclusion : therapeutic jurisprudence's challenge to civil commitment law and practice.